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Compatibility in Ozsvath-Szabo's bordered HFK via higher representations

Geometric Topology 2023-06-07 v1 Quantum Algebra Representation Theory

Abstract

We equip the basic local crossing bimodules in Ozsv\'ath-Szab\'o's theory of bordered knot Floer homology with the structure of 1-morphisms of 2-representations, categorifying the Uq(gl(11)+)U_q(\mathfrak{gl}(1|1)^+)-intertwining property of the corresponding maps between ordinary representations. Besides yielding a new connection between bordered knot Floer homology and higher representation theory in line with work of Rouquier and the second author, this structure gives an algebraic reformulation of a ``compatibility between summands'' property for Ozsv\'ath-Szab\'o's bimodules that is important when building their theory up from local crossings to more global tangles and knots.

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@article{arxiv.2207.00549,
  title  = {Compatibility in Ozsvath-Szabo's bordered HFK via higher representations},
  author = {William Chang and Andrew Manion},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.00549},
  year   = {2023}
}

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25 pages; 10 figures

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